My recent trip to Paradeep, Odisha.
Paradeep is a small town in coastal Odisha with big commercial value. The commercial value is primarily due to the huge sea port it has and also due to presence of industries like Iffco Fertilizers, Paradeep Phosphates Ltd (PPL), Oil refinery of IOCL, Essar Steel etc.
I had been there recently on a 2 day trip, not for site seeing but on some personal work. So I couldn't find time for site seeing and taking a lot of pictures. However I've been associated with this place for long but recently I found that it's slowly being transformed. Lots of effort (funds too for sure) is going into beautification of the town and also to make available better facilities for its inhabitants. In this post I've provided the few pictures that I had managed to take during my short stay. Hope after seeing the pictures you too will agree that the town is now looking polished.
Those are the equipments of the open air gym, please zoom in to see clearly. Nice healthy planning. Maintenance and up keeping has to be taken care else they may rust in next monsoon.
A retired tug boat put up for people to experience. However now there is nothing inside it. Not sure what it will have in future.
The musical fountain in the evening.
The Green/Blue bins are used in Paradeep too.
This was a trench full of waste water, slush and wild bushes, see how it looks now.


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Shalom is the third album by The Rabbis' Sons and contained the only Sephardic melody they would ever record (D'ror Yikra). Harachaman would become one of the group's most popular songs. To make up for the lack of the vocal presence of Sharfman and Weinberger, many songs contain overdubbed harmonies of separate vocals by Michael Zheutlin.

Track listing

References

External links
 Shalom at FAU Jewish Sound Archives
 Shalom at DJSA (Free registration)

1970 albums
Hasidic music
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Applying to Immigrate During COVID19
1st Apr 2020 Comments Off on Applying to Immigrate During COVID19 in Provincial Nominee Programs, Skilled Immigration (Express Entry, CEC, FSWC, Etc.)
Last updated on April 6th, 2020
During the last two weeks of March, 2020, the Government of Canada implemented many measures in response to the COVID19 pandemic. In the immigration context, these measures included travel bans, the suspension of biometrics and the transition of most Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada ("IRCC") officers to remote work. The changes were frequent, dramatic and difficult to keep up with. They have left a lot of prospective immigrants wondering what exactly is open with regards to Canada's immigration programs.
Please note that this article was written on April 1, 2020.
Canada is currently denying boarding to most foreign nationals on flights to Canada. There are, however, numerous exemptions to this.
First, individuals who are travelling from the United States who have been in the United States for at least 14 days before they try to travel to Canada by land, sea or air, can travel to Canada if they are asymptomatic. Such individuals must show that they are coming to Canada for essential reasons and not for reasons that are optional or discretionary, such as tourism, recreation or entertainment.
Second, all temporary foreign workers, as well as international students who have a valid study permit or who were approved for a study permit before March 18, 2020, and foreign nationals who were approved for permanent residence before March 18, 2020, but who have not yet travelled to Canada to land as a permanent resident, can travel to Canada.
Third, the immediate family members of Canadian citizens and permanent residents can travel to Canada. Immediate family members includes spouses,
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Refugee Claimants from China
15th Apr 2019 Comments Off on Refugee Claimants from China in Provincial Nominee Programs, Refugees
Last updated on February 23rd, 2021
China is one of the top source countries for temporary resident visa applications to China. In 2016, the number of people who applied for temporary resident visas was 492,370. Of the people who were granted visas, 822 declared refugee status. The number is unbelievably small, and represents what Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada calls a risk ratio of 0.16%.
I have reproduced an internal Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada ("IRCC") report titled 2016 Annual Refugee Claim Trend Analysis Summary report below.
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Notwithstanding this, IRCC is extremely diligent in monitoring which Chinese provinces have the highest amount of refugee claimants. This can apparently lead to refusals for borderline cases.
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Biometric Requirements to Enter Canada
21st Jul 2018 Comments Off on Biometric Requirements to Enter Canada in Provincial Nominee Programs, Study Permits, Work Permits
On July 31, 2018 Canada is imposing new biometric requirements on individuals wishing to visit Canada.
Biometrics refers to the taking of fingerprints and a photograph.
Biometrics collection is being expanded to include all persons (with certain exemptions) applying for temporary or permanent residence, including all those applying for a temporary or permanent resident visa or status, work permit, study permit, or temporary resident permit.
The Government of Canada is also introducing systematic fingerprint verification for all biometrically enrolled travellers at Canada's major airports and expand fingerprint verification capacity at additional ports of entry.
Finally, Canada will enhance biometric information sharing between Canada and the United States and introduce biometric information sharing with other the Migration 5 partners, which are Australia, the United Kingdom and New Zealand.
The change is part of a worldwide trend. More than 70 countries worldwide have implemented or are planning to implement biometrics in their immigration and border programs, including allies such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and the European Union.
Who is Required to Provide Biometrics
Since 2013, citizens of 29 visa-required countries and one territory have been required to provide biometrics. Biometrics have also been collected from overseas refugee resettlement applicants since late 2014.
As of July 31, 2018, subject to certain exceptions, all persons applying for a temporary or permanent resident visa or status, work permit, study permit, temporary resident permit, or refugee protection, whether claimed inside or outside Canada, must provide biometrics.
There are numerous exceptions.
First, Americans are exempted.
Second, a person who is eligible to apply for an electronic travel authorization (an "eTA"), rather than a temporary resident visa, is not required to provide their biometrics if they are travelling to Canada as a tourist.
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Meaning of Dependent Child
25th Jul 2017 Comments Off on Meaning of Dependent Child in Provincial Nominee Programs
Last updated on April 23rd, 2020
A "dependent child" is defined in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, SOR/2002-227 as:
dependent child, in respect of a parent, means a child who
(a) has one of the following relationships with the parent, namely,
(i) is the biological child of the parent, if the child has not been adopted by a person other than the spouse or common-law partner of the parent, or
(ii) is the adopted child of the parent; and
(b) is in one of the following situations of dependency, namely,
(i) is less than 22 years of age and is not a spouse or common-law partner, or
(ii) is 22 years of age or older and has depended substantially on the financial support of the parent since before attaining the age of 22 years and is unable to be financially self-supporting due to a physical or mental condition. (enfant à charge)
In setting 22 as the limit, the Government of Canada stated that its rationale was:
The Government of Canada has established as a priority for the immigration program the goal of family reunification, which is about giving family members the opportunity to live with or near each other, instead of being separated by borders and long distances. It is recognized that many young adults remain with their parents for a longer period of time. Given the importance placed on education, it is not unusual for some children to remain with their nuclear family while pursuing higher education before entering the labour market. The current definition of "dependent child" in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (the Regulations) is limited to persons less than 19 years of age and is therefore too restrictive (p.
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The BC PNP Has Re-Opened with all New Programs
3rd Jul 2015 Comments Off on The BC PNP Has Re-Opened with all New Programs in Provincial Nominee Programs
Last updated on March 5th, 2020
On July 2, 2015, the British Columbia Provincial Nomination Program ("BC PNP") re-launched with new program requirements and processes. The BC PNP remains divided into the Skills Immigration stream and the Entrepreneur Immigration stream.
The most significant changes to the BC PNP include:
Introducing an online application process with an electronic payment system;
Streamlining the Business Skills and Regional Business programs into one Entrepreneur Immigration stream based on an expression of interest model similar to Citizenship and Immigration Canada's ("CIC") Express Entry program;
Capping the intake in the Skills Immigration program to 200 new applications in 2015 (Express Entry BC, the Health Care Professionals Stream, and the North East Pilot Project are excluded from this cap); and
Requiring in the Skilled Immigration Stream that applicants with job offers in National Occupational Classification ("NOC") B positions pass an English language test.
Skills Immigration and Express Entry BC
The Skills Immigration is divided into the following substreams:
International Post-Graduates
Entry Level and Semi-Skilled
North East Pilot Project
As well, the Express Entry BC stream is divided into the following substreams:
Health Care Professional
International Graduate
International Post-Graduate
Most of the requirements to the Skills Immigration streams and sub-streams remain largely unchanged. However, in addition to requiring that applicants apply online, the following are new program requirements:
In the Skilled Worker substream the BC PNP has clarified that "several years of directly related work experience" means two or more years;
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The Upcoming Litigation Over Immigration, the TFWP, and Privacy
7th Jul 2014 Comments Off on The Upcoming Litigation Over Immigration, the TFWP, and Privacy in Provincial Nominee Programs
Last month, a British Columbia Provincial Nomination Program ("BC PNP") officer requested that one of my employer clients provide payroll documents for individuals who were not a part of the BC PNP application. We politely pointed out that the employer could not do this without the third party employees' consent, as to provide the documents without their consent would be contrary to BC's Personal Information Privacy Act. Alternatively, the BC PNP had to at least provide the statutory authority to compel the production of these third party documents The British Columbia Office of the Information & Privacy Commissioner confirmed that we were correct. The BC PNP officer respected our position, and the events left me confident in the Province of British Columbia's respect for personal privacy.
We were of course not the first to navigate the complicated intersection between the government's administering its immigration programs the right to privacy, which pursuant to numerous Supreme Court of Canada is a quasi-constitutional right. For example, as noted in the following "Findings under the Privacy Act," Citizenship and Immigration Canada ("CIC") recently agreed with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada that it was an unreasonable breach of privacy for CIC to request the tax information of potential employers of Live-in Caregivers:
Three individuals who wished to employ live-in caregivers from the Philippines complained to this Office that the Canadian Embassy in Manila was asking them to provide sensitive income tax information before it would issue visas to their prospective caregivers. The individuals were worried about sending tax documents containing their social insurance numbers (SINs) and detailed information about their financial situation to a foreign country, especially with identity fraud having become such a major concern.
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Yes, IRCC Can Deny PNP Nominees Permanent Resident Visas
10th Jan 2014 Comments Off on Yes, IRCC Can Deny PNP Nominees Permanent Resident Visas in Provincial Nominee Programs
Last updated on August 7th, 2021
The Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations ("IRPR") provide that an immigration officer may issue a negative substituted evaluation and refuse an application where the officer is not satisfied that a provincial nomination certificate is an appropriate indicator of whether an applicant will be able to successfully establish themselves economically in Canada. Subsections 87(3) and (4) of the Regulations state that:
Substitution of evaluation
(3) If the fact that the foreign national is named in a [provincial nomination certificate] is not a sufficient indicator of whether they may become economically established in Canada and an officer has consulted the government that issued the certificate, the officer may substitute for the criteria set out in subsection (2) their evaluation of the likelihood of the ability of the foreign national to become economically established in Canada.
(4) An evaluation made under subsection (3) requires the concurrence of a second officer.
I have reproduced below an excerpt from the recently decided Federal Court decision Kousar v. Canada, 2014 FC 12, which illustrates this point. Because Kousar was a Federal Court case, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada's ("IRCC") refusal reasons become part of the public record. Accordingly, while I was not the lawyer involved with either the initial application or the court case, I was able to obtain and publish the refusal decision.
Kousar involved a refusal based on an officer's determination that the applicant's overall IELTS band-score of 3.5 indicated that the applicant was unlikely to establish herself economically in Canada. The applicant was unable to overcome the officer's concerns. The officer's refusal states:
The issue of IRCC refusing provincial nominees due to language concerns despite the provinces having approved their provincial nomination applications has become common enough that there is developing jurisprudence on it.
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Procedural Fairness Owed by Provincial Nomination Programs to "Fraudulent" Consultants
17th Jul 2013 Comments Off on Procedural Fairness Owed by Provincial Nomination Programs to "Fraudulent" Consultants in Provincial Nominee Programs
The Saskatchewan Queen's Bench (the "Court") in Kaberwal v. Saskatchewan (Economy), 2013 SKQB 244 has released a decision clarifying the procedural fairness owed by provincial nomination programs to immigration representatives accused of fraud. To the best of my knowledge, it is the first decision on this issue.
On December 31, 2012, Saskatchewan's Ministry of Economy, Immigration Services (the "Ministry") suspended an immigration consultant's (the "Consultant") right to submit applications to the Saskatchewan Immigration Nominee Program ("SINP") for a period of two years. SINP officials accused the Consultant of fabricating job offers for employers who informed SINP that they never saw or signed the job offers that the Consultant submitted to SINP without their knowledge.
The Ministry sent the Consultant a letter which, amongst other things, stated the following:
We have reviewed seven job offers from Saskarc Industries that you submitted on behalf of seven applicants that have you listed as the third party representative. Part of the review of the application includes verifying the validity of the documents and information included in the application. As a representative, you have signed and agreed to the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP)'s Code of Conduct for Representatives which states that you will provide truthful, accurate and complete information to the SINP and that you will be personally accountable to the SINP for all aspects of the application.
Our view of job offers from Saskarc Industries Inc. included contacting the company to confirm their validity. Our conversations with Saskarc revealed that they did not issue these seven job offers and they are not written in their standard format. Furthermore, they have indicated that these job offers are fraudulent.
We would like to give you an opportunity to respond to this information.
» Read more about: Procedural Fairness Owed by Provincial Nomination Programs to "Fraudulent" Consultants »
BC PNP Suspends Fast-Track Option
16th Nov 2012 Comments Off on BC PNP Suspends Fast-Track Option in Provincial Nominee Programs
Demonstrating once again why it is important for representatives to contain "change of law" clauses in their retainer agreements, the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program ("BC PNP") has effective immediately suspended the Fast Track nomination option in the business immigration stream.
The suspension will affect applications in processing. Applicants with applications in processing who as of November 15, 2012, had not signed performance agreements with the Province of British Columbia (the "Province") will not be eligible for the Fast Track option. Such applicants can either (1) continue under the regular nomination process, or (2) withdraw their application and receive a refund of their application fee.
Through the Fast Track option, BC PNP business applicants who obtained PNP supported work permits and who had arrived in British Columbia to set up their respective businesses could request immediate nomination for permanent residence if they posted a $125,000 performance bond with the Province. The bond was returned without interest to Fast Track nominees when they fulfilled their respective PNP performance agreements, but was forfeited by nominees if they failed to meet their performance obligations.
According to the Province, since 2007, only 26 Fast Track nominees successfully completed their performance agreements, compared with 261 business applicants nominated through the regular nomination process who fulfilled their performance agreements.
As any British Columbia immigration lawyer can confirm, since the Government of Canada suspended the Federal Immigrant Investor Program, the amount of inquiries about the BC PNP business applicants Fast Track Option have sky rocketed. Many of those inquiries came from individuals who clearly had no intention to actively manage a business in British Columbia.
Indeed, because of this, those law firms (such as ours) which enjoyed meeting with and representing entrepreneurs who were passionate about their business idea in British Columbia will likely welcome the changes that the BC PNP makes to preserve the integrity of the business program.
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Does the New Central Intake Office PNP Check-list Signal an Upcoming Wave of Negative Substituted Evaluations?
5th Dec 2011 Comments Off on Does the New Central Intake Office PNP Check-list Signal an Upcoming Wave of Negative Substituted Evaluations? in Provincial Nominee Programs
On December 1, 2011, Citizenship and Immigration Canada released a new document check-list for people intending to apply for permanent residency as provincial nominees. Gone are the days when a province's nomination certificate demonstrated that an individual could establish themselves economic establishment in Canada. Now, in addition to the nomination certificate, applicants will have to submit copies of educational diplomas and transcripts, as well as reference letters from all employers for the past ten years.
Sections 3.6-3.8 of Annex B of the Canada – British Columbia Immigration Agreement states that:
3.6 Canada agrees to process economic class applicants nominated for permanent resident status by British Columbia on a priority basis and as expeditiously as possible with a view to achieving Canada's annual levels plan.
3.7 Canada will consider a nomination certificate issued by British Columbia as evidence that British Columbia has conducted due diligence in exercising its authority to assess and nominate candidates pursuant to section 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3 of this Annex.
Section 3.8 goes on to note, however, that Canada retains the right to substitute a negative evaluation if it disagrees with the province's assessment. It states:
3.8 British Columbia is responsible for conducting the due diligence to ensure that the applicant has the ability and is likely to become economically established in British Columbia. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Canada retains the right to substitute its evaluation of the applicant's ability to become economically established in Canada pursuant to subsection 87(3) of the IRPR. In exercising its responsibilities under sectionsC.2 and C.4 of Appendix C of this Annex, Canada may also seek clarification from British Columbia on its assessment, the record of which is required under sections 3.4 and 5.3.4 of this Annex.
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Darin Strauss
Strauss before the 2010 National Book Critics Circle awards; his Half a Life won in autobiography
1 March 1970 (1970-03-01) (age 41)
Roslyn Harbor (Long Island), United States
Susannah Meadows
darinstrauss.com
Darin Strauss (born March 1, 1970) is an American writer based in Brooklyn, NY. Strauss's memoir Half a Life won the 2011 National Book Critics Circle Award for memoir/autobiography.
2 Writing career
3 Critical reception
4 Awards and honors
5.2 Selected Anthologies
Darin Strauss was born in the Long Island town of Roslyn Harbor. He attended Tufts University, where he studied with Jay Cantor. He is married to the journalist Susannah Meadows. He is the father of identical twin boys. He currently resides in Brooklyn, New York and teaches writing at New York University.
Writing career
His ALA Alex Award-winning, best-selling 2000 first novel Chang and Eng - a runner-up for the Barnes and Noble Discover Award, the Literary Lions Award, a Borders Award winner, and a nominee for the PEN Hemingway award, among others — is based on the lives of the famous conjoined twins Chang and Eng. Chang and Eng was a Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year, a Newsweek Best Book of the Year, among others. The rights to the novel were optioned to Disney, for the director Julie Taymor; the actor Gary Oldman purchased the rights from Disney. Strauss and Oldman are together adapting Chang and Eng for the screen.
Strauss, Kathryn Harrison and Elizabeth Wurtzel on a panel entitled "Exposing A Difficult Past" at the 2010 Brooklyn Book Festival.
Strauss's second book, The Real McCoy (2002), was based on the life of the boxer Charles "Kid McCoy." "The Real McCoy" was named a New York Times Notable Book," and one of the "25 Best Books of the Year," by the New York Public Library.
It was after this novel that Strauss won a Guggenheim Fellowship in Fiction Writing.
Strauss's third novel, More Than It Hurts You, his first in a contemporary setting, was published by PenguinPutnam in 2008. The book made a number of year-end best-book lists, and was also a national bestseller—reaching as high as #3 on both the Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News lists, and #6 on the New York Post list, in July, 2008. Publicity for the book was strong, and Strauss blogged about his extensive book-tour for Newsweek, and was featured on The CBS Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson and Good Morning America.
He appeared on This American Life in a July 2008 episode titled "Life After Death," in which he talks about the effects of a traffic accident during high school, in which a classmate on a bicycle swerved in front of his car, and was killed. Although he could not have avoided the accident, and was not at fault, he still felt guilty, and it affected him for decades[1]
His next book, Half a Life is an essay-length memoir based on his traffic accident; it was published by McSweeney's in September, 2010, and was excerpted in GQ magazine, and This American Life, and also in The Times of London and The Daily Mail (UK). Half a Life was named an Entertainment Weekly Must Read and a New York Times Editor's Pick—and a Best Book of the Year by NPR, Amazon.com, The Plain Dealer, The San Francisco Chronicle, among many others. A critical favorite in the UK, Half a Life was called "a masterpiece" by Robert McCrum in The Guardian,[2] "one of the best books I have ever read" by Ali Catterall on The BBC,[3] as well as "precise, elegantly written, fresh, wise, and very sad ... indicative not only of a very talented writer, but of a proper human being" by Nick Hornby[4]
Half a Life won the 2011 National Book Critics Circle Award (Autobiography).
Critical reception
Strauss has been called "a brave new voice in literature" by The Wall Street Journal,[5] "a hugely talented writer with unlimited potential" by The Times (London), "one of the most sharp and spirited of his generation," by Powells Books, "sublime" and "brilliant" by the Boston Globe,[6] "a magnificent and subtle writer" by Le Monde,[7] a "master" by the Chicago Tribune,[8] a novelist of "humor, humanity, and aching sadness" by The New York Times,[9] "as lyrical as he is daring" by The New Yorker,[10] "the most fearless of writers" by Salon.com, a "master of brevity" by The Observer (UK),[11] and "one of America's handful of young, great authors" by The Austin Chronicle.[12]
Vadim Razov, reviewing for the AV Club, found that the book Half-Life "...stumbles through a series of apololgies.."[13]
2011: National Book Critics Circle Award, Winner
2011: New York University's Alumnae Achievement Award, Winner
2010: "Editor's Choice," The New York Times
2010: "Best Books of the Year," NPR
2010: "Best Books of the Year," The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio)
2010: "Best Books of the Year," Amazon
2010: "Best Books of the Year," San Francisco Chronicle
2008: "Best Books of the Year," Denver Post
2008: "Book of the Summer," GQ Magazine
2006: Guggenheim Fellowship, Winner
2005: "Outstanding Dozen" teaching award, New York University, Winner
2002: "Times Notable Book," The New York Times
2002: "25 Best Books of the Year," New York Public Library
2000: "10 Best Novels of the Year," Newsweek
2000:"Best Books of the Year," Los Angeles Times
2000: ALA Alex Award, Winner
2000: Barnes & Noble Discover Award, Runner-up
2000: NYPL Literary Lions Award, Finalist
Chang and Eng (2000)
The Real McCoy (2002)
More Than It Hurts You (2008)
Half a Life (2010)
Selected Anthologies
Lit Riffs (2004)
The Dictionary of Failed Relationships (2004)
Coaches (2005)
A People's Fictional History of the United States (2006)
An Encyclopedia of Exes (2004)
Bloodshot: An Insomnia Anthology (2007)
Brooklyn Was Mine (2008)
The Book of Dads (2009)
Top of The Order: Best-selling writers on Baseball (2010)
Mr. Beluncle, by V. S. Pritchett; Strauss wrote the new introduction (2005)
Long Island Shaolin, one of the first Kindle Singles -- short works published by Amazon; other Kindle Single debut authors include Jodi Picoult and Rich Cohen
Novels portal
Darin Strauss on CBS Late, Late Show
Extended interview (plus video) with Newsweek
Darin Strauss and Jonathan Coulton perform
Video tour of Darin Strauss's Bookshelves
TimesTalks video with New York Times' Book Review editor Sam Tanenhaus
^ "This American Life #359". July 18, 2008. http://www.thislife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=359.
^ "To cut a long story short, brevity is best". March 19, 2011. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/mar/20/short-darin-strauss-robert-mccrum.
^ "Tuesday Book Club". February 18, 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00ybxfl/Nemone_West_Is_West_actors_Om_Puri_and_Aquib_Khan/.
^ "Book Column, Believer Magazine". December, 2010. http://www.beautiful-books.co.uk/120-half-a-life.html.
^ Flatley, Kate, Wall Street Journal, page W10, June 2, 2000.
^ Graham, Renee, The Boston Glone, page B9, June 5, 2000.
^ Le Monde, 31 octobre 2003.
^ Santow, Dan, Chicago Tribune, page 2, August 25, 2002.
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Q: MS Access doesn't filter calculated field in Short Date format In my database, I have a field with the following calculation:
AD logon date: IIf([lastLogonDate]>[LLTConverted],[lastLogonDate],[LLTConverted])

I filter it using the following criteria:
<Date()-60

However, when I run the query, it displays dates that are in the last 60 days.
In the source file, lastLogonDate and LLTConverted are set to Short Date format.
I tried setting the AD logon date field's format manually (via Properties) to Short Date. I also tried to use the following code:
AD logon date: Format(IIf([lastLogonDate]>[LLTConverted],[lastLogonDate],[LLTConverted]),"dd/mm/yyyy")

Furthermore, in the Properties sheet, I set the Data Type to Date with Time. Neither of them worked.
Is there another approach I could use?
EDIT:
Data before filter:
08/01/2021
30/09/2020
24/06/2020
17/06/2020
20/05/2020
17/06/2020
28/02/2020
07/01/2021
10/09/2020
13/11/2019
07/01/2021
01/06/2020
21/05/2020
25/05/2020
08/01/2021
07/01/2021
07/08/2020
18/02/2020
28/02/2020
25/06/2020
07/10/2020
01/04/2019
07/02/2020
28/11/2019
28/10/2020
18/02/2020
07/10/2020
After filter:
08/01/2021
07/01/2021
10/09/2020
07/01/2021
01/06/2020
08/01/2021
07/01/2021
07/08/2020
07/10/2020
01/04/2019
07/02/2020
07/10/2020

A: You are mixing up things. DateTime values carry no format, only a value.
Thus, if fields [lastLogonDate] and [LLTConverted] are true DateTime, filtering with Date()-60 cannot fail.
If it does, your fields are most likely Short Text, and must have a proper format like yyyy-mm-dd, and they must be converted before comparison:
AD logon date: DateValue(IIf(DateValue([lastLogonDate]) > DateValue([LLTConverted]), [lastLogonDate], [LLTConverted]))

A: It seems that there is another solution: if I use the INT function in the original Excel table, then it converts the values from date + time to just date. In Access, then I have to use
IIf([lastLogonDate]>[LLTConverted],[lastLogonDate],[LLTConverted])
instead of
DateValue(IIf(DateValue([lastLogonDate]) > DateValue([LLTConverted]), [lastLogonDate], [LLTConverted])).

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Samsung Galaxy S3\'s S4 is Thermal Efficient
The Snapdragon S4 is especially designed for mobile devices and the entire process is optimised for low power including the CPU, GPU, DSP and 4G LTE Multimode Cellular Modem and Wi-Fi.
Updated July 2, 2014 07:16 BST
Qualcomm's Snapdragon S4 processor is already a rather in demand piece of hardware, leading to admissions from the chip manufacturer that it could not supply enough 28nm Snapdragon S4s to meet increasing demand. In fact, according to the Verge, the company is even looking at alternative chipsets - especially the Fusion 2, which could be a suitable substitute.
The Taiwan Semiconductor manufacturing Company (TSMC), which manufactures Qualcomm's 28nm Snapdragon S4, said, in another report by the Verge, the supply shortfall was expected to continue till 2013 and the situation would not even improve, before the fourth quarter of the year.
The problem now is that most market-leading Android smartphones are equipped with the Snapdragon S4 processor. The AT&T variant of the HTC One X and the One S and Sprint's HTC Evo 4G LTE are among the more notable ones.
Worse still for people stuck in this situation, Samsung's flagship device - the Galaxy S3 - is also set to use the Snapdragon S4 dual-core for its US variants, instead of the Exynos 4 quad-core unit that the international versions are supplied with. Officially, this is because the company feels the S4 is a compete chipset, bundling application processing capability, cellular radios and Long Term Evolution (LTE) radios in to one fast-performing unit. There were earlier rumours stating the US variant of the Galaxy S3 was expected to pack an S4 dual-core processor.
Qualcomm ran a thermal comparison and butter benchmark test for Snapdragon S4 processor. Android and Me
The concern is that some processors tend to generate an excessive amount of heat and claims made by Qualcomm suggest Snapdragon processors are integrated System On Chips (SOC) which are specially designed to control operating temperature. This means mobile devices with better thermal efficiency rates will perform better.
The S4 seems to have several advantages. For one thing, it is the only mobile processor to use the 28nm process. Furthermore, the architecture of the S4 is especially for mobile devices and the entire process is optimised for low power usage; this includes the CPU, GPU, DSP and 4G LTE Multimode Cellular Modem and Wi-Fi. Qualcomm implements asynchronous SMP which allows the CPU cores within the Snapdragon S4 processor to throttle independently up or down depending on the performance needed.
In order to show the thermal advantage of the Snapdragon S4 dual-core processor over dual-core rivals, Qualcomm ran a test for thermal comparison, using a butter benchmark.
Essentially, the company took a few sticks of butter and placed each on top of a number of phones to see which device melted butter the slowest, according to a report on Motoring Crunch.
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New Orleans Diesel Shop
Discussion related to the past and present operations of Kansas City Southern Lines, including affiliates Texas Mexican Railway, Grupo Transportation Ferroviaria Mexicana (TFM), and Panama Canal Railway Co. Official web site can be found here: KCSOUTHERN.COM.
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by riffian
Does anyone know the details of the operation in the NO shop? Appears to be a passenger car rebuild outfit. Some of the ex New York Central cars used to be at the end of the industrial spur which ran from the north end of the yard, now removed.
Thanks for any info.....
riffian
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by Pensyfan19
Before the construction of New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal in 1954, didn't the KCS have their own station which their passenger (and to bring up the other post before mine's question) and/or freight trains terminated at? If so, does anyone have any information and/or pictures on these locations?
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Where the G5s once roamed.
Re: New Orleans Diesel Shop
NOUPT has it's own Loco and running repair car shop,both are Amtrak's now.
Most of Amtrak's car shops handle PVT car inspections to a point
Re: New Orleans KCS Terminal
Thank you for that information on NOUPT.
Does anyone have any information and/or images of the terminal which the KCS used prior to 1954, which is before NOUPT was constructed?
L&A (KCS) station was right next to the IC station where the current Union Station sits. L&N and Espee stations were down on the river and the Southern (and GM&N) station was in midtown.
http://old-new-orleans.com/NO_Stations.html
Back (train) side of Rampart Street station. Station only had two tracks and one train shed.
http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/kcs/kcs26mcm.jpg
Thank you very much for this information! Very interesting to see how a Class I railroad had a station in its terminus city with only two tracks.
Before the association with KCS and the inauguration of the Southern Belle, the Louisiana and Arkansas had only one train per day in to NO. Prior to 1932 this was an all day local to Shreveport which left at 6AM and arrived at 830PM. After 1932 the L&A ran an overnight train called the "Hustler" with sleeping cars, still only one train per day. Not much call for more than two tracks with only one train a day terminating at the Rampart Street station. The track from the KCS yard, former passenger main, over to NOUPT trackage has been lifted and now West yard is a dead end with a connection mid yard to the New Orleans Public Belt..
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Telemarketing Predictions for 2021 with Mo Amin
As time goes on, society and its various facets begin to evolve as we do. This can range from technology to business, and as we reach the end of 2020 with all the mishaps and changes to fit the new terrain, many have begun wondering where 2021 will take us in the way of business evolution. One such industry that has made a remarkable comeback since the early days of its inception is Telemarketing. Since the 1980s, Telemarketing has come a long way. While it was absent for much of the 2000s, in recent years, it has re-emerged as an effective form of marketing thanks to the globalization and mobilization of the world. Technology evolving and growing has caused a surge in popularity for the usage of Telemarketing. Mo Amin, Founder of Exclusive Calls, has been tracking the changes of Telemarketing since its resurgence and has made predictions about the future of the industry for the next year of business.
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Amin even notes from his own company that "We [Exclusive Calls] have quality assurance representatives, so if a call leads to a possible appointment, we have a quality assurance agent barge in and determine if there is genuine interest."
The future proves to be bright for telemarketing companies like Exclusive Calls as COVID-19 has made the connection between consumers and sellers far strained. Telemarketing will become the solution to a very detrimental problem that is shifting today's business terrain. There's no way to know for sure what the future will hold, but Telemarketing will be a part of 2021, and Exclusive Calls is a major contender for bringing Telemarketing into the future of the business world. If you're looking for telemarketing services or you're interested in hearing more from Mo, check out the Exclusive Calls Website or email them at info@ExclusiveCalls.com.
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L.A. teachers join U.S. movement against underfunded schools
"What you're seeing is a national phenomenon, and it's been building for decades," said National Education Assn. president Lily Eskelsen García.
Jennifer Villaryo looked at the young woman through smudged spectacles and gave her this advice: "Don't get bogged down in the party scene."
The student, taking the 42-year-old's "student success" night course at an adult school in Santa Monica this week, promised her those days are in her past, and Villaryo nodded approvingly.
The gig is Villaryo's third job. She teaches second grade and coaches volleyball for the Los Angeles Unified School District. The paycheck trifecta allows her to live in what she describes as a "super crappy" one-bedroom apartment in Gardena, a city that's often an hour's drive south of her main job at Grand View Elementary School in L.A.'s Mar Vista community.
"I'm not married," she said. "I don't have kids."
That's a teacher's life in California, which has the fifth-largest economy in the world but also the highest poverty rate in the nation. Los Angeles Unified teachers have authorized a strike that is expected to begin Monday if talks between their union, United Teachers Los Angeles, and the district continue to be unfruitful.
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge ruled Thursday that the strike could go on after the district challenged the UTLA over the amount of notice it provided.
Despite exorbitant housing costs that cut everyone down a notch — about one in five Californians is poor, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Supplemental Poverty Measure — the teachers' dispute isn't just about teachers' pay.
Educators in the second-largest school district in the nation say they're making a last stand against more than two generations of state defunding of public schools, understaffing of nurses and janitors and an onslaught of what they call the privatization of public education — charter schools.
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This oceanfront property in Jamaica's Montego Bay has hosted many A-list celebrities over the years.
Five-star luxury was introduced to Montego Bay when the Round Hill Hotel & Villas opened in 1953 on a private peninsula that was once a pineapple plantation. Over the decades, the resort has hosted professional athletes, Hollywood royalty and presidents — including JFK and Jackie on their honeymoon. It was in Villa 12 that Oscar Hammerstein met Maria von Trapp and was inspired to write "The Sound of Music." Sir Paul McCartney vacations with his family in Villa 17.
The two-story Pineapple House has 36 white-on-white guest rooms with views of the infinity pool and beach. Ralph Lauren, who owns property on the grounds, personally outfitted the spaces with dark wood, bamboo and rattan for an upscale Caribbean vibe. To rub shoulders with celebrities, upgrade to one of the 27 private villas scattered among coconut trees and allspice groves with personal maids and cooks serving made-to-order breakfast. Most villas have private pools and can sleep up to eight people; nannies are available for traveling families.
All guests are treated to complimentary afternoon tea, and the James Beard Award-winning chef creates daily menus from the hotel's organic vegetable garden and fruit orchard. Guests can enjoy the tropical sunshine from palm-shaded chaise lounges overlooking the infinity pool and ocean beyond. For further relaxation, book a massage or facial treatment in the spa built within the remains of the plantation's original stone manor house. Visitors also have access to the hotel's gym with yoga classes, tennis courts and water sports.
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It's been quite a steady year for mobile OS usage this year. Worldwide, the top eight mobile OS platforms have relatively stayed in their same positions, in terms of usage, for most of the year. While Symbian OS has kept its throne successfully, the real action is between iOS and Android.
In a report published by Global StatCounter, Android has increased in popularity since the beginning of this year when it overtook BlackBerry to secure third place. After a heavy climb in usage it surpassed iOS in August, but it was short-lived. It only was able to secure the lead for the remainder of the month.
In October, Apple increased sales and popularity worldwide, allowing it to reclaim second place, but only by a small margin. We can see a much stronger lead in November, probably due to the introduction of the iPhone 4S; Apple sold four million of the units in the first weekend alone, becoming the fastest selling phone in history.
Let's talk numbers for November. Global StatCounter tracks three million sites. Symbian OS leads the mobile race with 30.95 percent share. Apple's iOS held onto 24.21 percent share while Android owns 21.9 percent. Last month Apple and Google held a 23.48 percent and a 22.11 percent share respectively. It will be interesting to see how the duo performs in December.
StatCounter has also been tracking mobile browsers for the year. Opera has remained in the number one spot, while iPhone and Android once again battle for second place. November ended with Android securing 20.41 percent shares and Apple with 19.53 percent. These statistics indicate that Apple's iPad models are fueling an increasing lead over Android's smartphones, which have a lighter usage of web browsing.
Another researching firm, Net Applications, collects data from fewer websites (40,000), but their published reports appeared to confirm StatCounter's findings with minor differences: One being both Android and Apple losing some shares to other OS platforms.
Mobile browsing accounts for 6.95 percent (6.55 in October) of web traffic in November. While the mobile OS statistics are worldwide, StatCounter allows you to select and view results from a specific country or region. In the United States, for example, the battle for most popular mobile OS between Apple and Google is as fierce as ever with iOS in the lead by small margin.


We spent 36 hours on research, videography, and editing, to review the top options for this wiki. 3D scanners can be used to analyze a real-world object or environment in order to collect data on its shape and its appearance, and to expedite its recreation in a 3D printer. We've included models on our list that come with integrated printers, as well as some designed to simply capture information, either to a dedicated piece of hardware or to another device. When users buy our independently chosen editorial picks, we may earn commissions to support our work. Skip to the best 3d scanner on Amazon.
The Occipital Structure Sensor is a Kickstarter-funded device that's designed to attach to and integrate with an iPad Air 2. It comes with a software development kit that allows you to create your own 3D-powered apps and games.
The David SLS-2 is an impressive machine that can pick up subtleties, like fingerprints on clay. It comes with a rail, a camera slider, a high-quality tripod, and all the necessary power and connecting cables, as well as a USB drive with David4 Pro software.
The Matter and Form MFS1V1 performs high-resolution scans in as little as five minutes. It requires no assembly and is ready to use out of the box. It uses custom software algorithms that create watertight meshes, making an item ready to print or animate.
Built specifically for those who want to add a scanner to their creative workstation, the EinScan SE Desktop comes with intuitive, easy-to-learn software. It takes only an hour to set it up, and it calibrates automatically to produce high-quality results.
In addition to being a scanner, the XYZprinting Da Vinci 1.0 AiO prints ABS and PLA plastic, and is equipped with engraving technology, as well. Its dual-lasers capture the details of an object accurately and produce fully editable scans.
While it is one of the most expensive consumer models available, the EinScan Pro+ Enhanced boasts a high degree of accuracy, homing in on the fine details of your objects to within 0.05 mm. It features extensive calibration options for true power users, too.
It is also typically equipped with a camera to calculate the distance of every point in its field of view.
Creating a standalone object using a series of smaller components is a rewarding experience. A vision for a new invention might start as a two-dimensional illustration, followed by a collaborative procedure to design and manufacture the components needed to put the object together, bringing it one step closer to realization.
A 3D scanner analyzes a real-world object or environment in order to collect data on its overall shape and appearance. Like a camera, it uses a cone-like field of view with an ability to collect information about surfaces that aren't obscured. Although a camera collects data about the light reflecting off surfaces in its field of view, the 3D scanner specifically collects distance information about those surfaces. The device creates a point cloud, which is used to extrapolate and reconstruct the overall shape of an object within its field of view. Thinking of how a cloud in the sky consists of many small water droplets that form a larger shape, the 3D scanner is made up of many small data points that record surface details, texture, and color, ultimately creating a direct representation of the larger object being scanned.
This technology is classified into contact and non-contact types. Contact scanners physically probe an object that rests on a flat surface held in place by a fixture, an example of which might be a coordinate measuring machine. The disadvantage here is the potential alteration or damage that the probes may cause to the object.
By contrast, non-contact 3D scanners do not physically probe their source objects, and they are divided into active and passive varieties. Active scanners emit radiation and detect the reflection of that light passing through an object. Many non-contact active scanners use laser technology, including the time-of-flight and triangulation-based devices.
Using a laser range finder, time-of-flight scanners determine the distance to a surface by measuring the time it takes for a pulse of light to be reflected back to a receiver. Time-of-flight devices can measure the distance of up to 100,000 points per second. A triangulation-based scanner shines a laser on an object and uses a camera to look for the location of a laser dot. Depending on how far away an object's surface is struck, the laser dot appears at different places within the camera's field of view.
The structured light 3D scanner projects a series of light patterns onto an object. Interpreting the deformation of those patterns as a reference, it constructs a 3D image of its source object. It is also typically equipped with a camera to calculate the distance of every point in its field of view. Low-cost passive 3D scanners don't emit any light themselves, but they detect reflected ambient radiation to reconstruct 3D images.
The benefits, applications, and intended industry of a 3D scanner will often inform which type of device is best to select. For example, if your profession involves the documentation of cultural artifacts for educational purposes, 3D scanning technology can be used to digitize a replica of those artifacts for study without the risk of damaging the originals. That said, if modeling is a big part of your job, consider a device that works as both a scanner and printer. Such a tool will allow you to rapidly construct your prototypes, giving you an edge when trying to get products to the market ahead of the competition.
Consider a solution with automatic object recognition, so your scans will always focus on the source object rather than on the background. Additionally, many 3D scanners include software that generates image mesh algorithms for superior accuracy.
If you do a lot of traveling, then look for a device small enough to accommodate easy transport. Some are even compatible with mobile devices.
While 3D imaging is still a relatively new and emerging technology, the desire to recreate objects in this fashion dates as far back as ancient Egypt. Using precious linens and plaster materials, the Egyptians were quite skilled at creating replicas of actual mummies' heads.
Using precious linens and plaster materials, the Egyptians were quite skilled at creating replicas of actual mummies' heads.
The technology (as an industry tool) was introduced in the 1960s through the use of cameras, lights, and projector equipment to get the job done. The earliest digital 3D scanners appeared by the 1980s, using contact probes for physical contact with source objects to form data points that could be used to create a three-dimensional model. However, this early form of digital 3D scanning was extremely time-consuming.
By the late 1980s, the innovations of optical technology and lasers meant that precision 3D scanning could be accomplished faster than ever before. Today's 3D scanners not only leverage computers to create data points for object replication accuracy, but the technology is customizable and scalable to meet the needs of many different and growing industries.


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Lu-Jean Feng, M.D., is the founder and medical director of the Clinic and is the one and only plastic and reconstructive surgeon on staff. She is board certified, has more than 28 years of experience and is recognized on a global level.
While she specializes in cosmetic surgery of the face, breast and body, Dr. Feng is recognized for being one of the first to use autogenous tissue for breast reconstruction, which gained national attention in the 80s. Dr. Feng has pioneered the research on the integrity of breast implants as devices for decades and has testified her findings before the FDA. She is also one of few surgeons to perform an all-natural breast enhancement using a patient's own regenerative stems cells and fat tissue and, most recently, she introduced a "painless and drainless" abdominoplasty (tummy tuck) procedure which dramatically reduces recovery time.
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Internship in General Surgery, University of California Hospitals, San Francisco, CA
Residency in General Surgery, University of California Hospitals, San Francisco, CA
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Microvascular Surgery Fellowship, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY
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Camren Bicondova Wiki, Bio, Age, Height, Family, Net Worth, Facts
Camren Bicondova is an American actress and dancer who is best known for her portrayal of Selina Kyle on the Fox Batman television series Gotham. In 2012, her all-girl dance group 8 Flavahz competed in the seventh season of America's Best Dance Crew and finished runner-up. Her filmography includes Battlefield America, Girl House, and Shake It Up. She has amassed more than 800k followers on Instagram.
Camren Bicondova Biography
Camren was born on the 22nd of May 1999 in San Diego, California, United States of America. She's currently 23 years old.
Birth Name Camren Renee Bicondova
Nickname Cam Cam, Lil Mis Cam Cam
Date of Birth May 22, 1999
Place of Birth San Diego, California, U.S.
Profession Actress, Dancer
Camren Bicondova is the only child of parents Joshua Bicondova and Jessi Bicondova. She moved to Hawaii, Bicondova with her family, where she studied jazz-funk and hip hop styles of dance at a local studio.
Camren Bicondova Love Life
Camren has kept her personal life away from the media and thus there is not much information available about any relationship she has had in the past or in the present.
Pounds – 115 bs
Body Measurements 33-24-33
Dress Size 4 (US) / 36 (EU)
Distinctive Features Petite Frame
In 2012, Camren Bicondova was cast as Prissy in the dance-drama film Battlefield America.
In 2011, Camren landed the role of Little Highlighter in the Disney Channel's sitcom Shake It Up in an episode entitled "Throw It Up."
For her series regular role as young Selina Kyle / Catwoman on Fox's crime-drama series Gotham.
Song – Keep Ya Head Up by Tupac
Shoes – Creative Recreations
Dance Style – Hip-Hop, Jazz, Ballet
Camren Bicondova Net Worth
As of 2023, Camren Bicondova has a net worth of $1.5 million dollars.
Bicondova is quite popular on social media with more than 235k followers on Twitter, 800k followers on Instagram and over 700k followers on Facebook.
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Camren Bicondova Facts
She gained fame as a member of the all-girl dance group 8 Flavahz.
Camren was discovered by record producer and film director Chris Stokes who offered a role in his musical-drama Battlefield America.
In 2012, she appeared in the music video for the Ciara song "Got Me Good."
In 2014, Camren was featured in the Krewella's music video "Enjoy The Ride."


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This Arabian Mare Goes For A Stroll Around Town By Herself Every Morning.
Pets | May 2, 2019
This beautiful creature's name is Jenny, and she's a gorgeous Arabian mare who loves to take morning strolls all on her own.
Go out for a walk, and you'll see one or two owners walking their dogs down the street. You'll find plenty of them at the park, too. But you'd never expect to find a horse walking herself without supervision, would you? Well, for the residents of Frankfurt's Fechenheim district, this is totally normal. However, there are some pedestrians who worry about having an Arabian mare roaming around town every morning. But so far, the gorgeous white steed has been the perfect citizen and hasn't caused any problems. However, this hasn't stopped people from criticizing the mare's morning stroll routine.
She's required to wear a card that says: "I'm called Jenny, not a runaway, just taking a walk. Thanks." But this hasn't eased the minds of the pedestrians lucky enough to encounter the beautiful steed. Just ask any cop.
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For over a decade, cops have responded to calls from pedestrians worried about Jenny's presence.
"When someone calls in, the police ask me: 'Werner, do you know where Jenny is?' Yes, I say. 'Ok, then everything is in order,'" Jenny's owner, Werner Weischedel, explained to a news show called Maintower.
The police have assured everyone that Jenny is harmless and everyone should leave her alone.
Police spokesperson Isabell Neumann told German news agency DPA: "We've never had to do anything before." But some citizens have taken to social media to criticize Jenny's strolls around town every day. Apparently, not everyone is on board with her adorable morning strolls. But do they have a point?
People have gone online and accused Weischedel of being negligent and they're worried for the horse.
Folks feel that the streets are way too chaotic which could cause Jenny to injure others or herself. But the horse veterinarians union assured DPA that Jenny has been strolling down the same streets for 14 years. So clearly, she's gotten used to the chaos of the streets.
Jenny has been taking the same route all on her own and is very familiar with her surroundings.
Even veterinarian Maren Hellige explained that Jenny "seems very relaxed and satisfied." So, for now, it seems as though Weischedel will continue to open the stable doors and allow his 22-year-old mare to walk herself.
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Despite all the naysayers, Jenny may very well be one of the coolest things about this community.
She's not always alone either. Weischedel and his wife's German Shepherd, Evita, will sometimes walk alongside Jenny. You might even see Jenny walk over to say hello to a father pushing a baby stroller, too.
As news of Jenny's morning strolls continue to go viral, some netizens are falling in love with the mare, and we really can't blame them for it!
One commenter wrote: "Be still my heart! Oh how I love this story!" Some people actually love the fact that Jenny is allowed to walk around town and make the townspeople's day better one stroll at a time, and it's easy to see why.
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Iraqi bank to open five more branches in bet on future
An Iraqi bank controlled by Jordanian interests plans to open five more branches in Iraq by the end of this year, a sign that there is still money to be made in much of the country despite civil war and low oil prices.
Iraq's economy shrank an estimated 2.4 percent in 2014 and the International Monetary Fund expects it to grow only marginally if at all this year. Baghdad has started running down its international reserves as cheap oil slashes state revenues.
But enough of the economy remains relatively untouched by the conflict, particularly in the southern oil-producing areas where Islamic State has not penetrated, for banks to keep functioning, and the long-term potential of Iraq's oil reserves is still drawing some fresh investment.
National Bank of Iraq will open five branches this year in Baghdad and southern areas, including two in the capital and one near the big Rumaila oilfield, vice-chairman Ayman Abu-Dhaim said.
The bank, in which Jordan's Capital Bank owns 62 percent after initially investing in 2004, currently has nine branches in Iraq, including two in the Kurdistan region.
"Iraq is a strategic investment for us...If one can achieve this in the current conditions, imagine what one could do when the problems are solved," Abu-Dhaim, who is Capital Bank's chief financial officer, told Reuters.
Business in Iraq's overall banking sector has dropped some 20 percent because of the conflict and the fall in oil prices since last June, he estimated.
This has tightened liquidity in the banking system; bad debt is rising, partly because some payments by the government are being delayed. Attracting deposits has become harder since many people tend to go to government banks in unstable times; Abu-Dhaim estimated state banks, including the two giants Rafidain and Rashid, held about 80-85 percent of roughly $60 billion of deposits, leaving about 50 private banks competing for the rest.
Private banks have met with the central bank which has promised support for them, such as providing them with state deposits. But this hasn't happened so far, said Abu-Dhaim, who worked as CFO for Jordan's Social Security Investment Fund before joining Capital Bank in 2011.
Despite the tough conditions, enough of National Bank of Iraq's customers remain healthy - many are in consumer goods trading and pharmaceutical distribution, which have been relatively undisturbed - for the bank to keep making money.
National Bank of Iraq's net income before tax in the first quarter of 2015 jumped 51 percent year-on-year to 2.94 billion Iraqi dinars ($2.5 million); operating income rose 9 percent. Total assets expanded 26 percent to 646.71 billion dinars.
To attract deposits, the bank launched this year a zero-interest rate deposit which gives depositors a chance to win a car every three months.
Abu-Dhaim said Capital Bank was focusing on training staff at its subsidiary and building an infrastructure in Iraq. "We are preparing ourselves for the good times to come."
National Bank of Iraq, which accounts for 15 to 20 percent of Capital Bank's business, obtained approval from the Lebanese and Iraqi central banks this year to open a branch in Beirut.
This ties in with Capital Bank's overall business strategy, which is to develop as a regional bank with commercial and investment operations.
In Jordan, Capital Bank's business is growing moderately - Abu-Dhaim said he expected the Jordanian economy to continue expanding modestly in the next couple of years with no major improvement or deterioration, as international aid helped the country cope with a huge Syrian refugee burden.
By making a play for the business of Iraqi and Jordanian companies operating around the region, Capital Bank can hope for faster growth. Last November it said it was establishing a subsidiary in the Dubai International Financial Centre to provide financial and investment services.
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The UK's programmes in Tunisia are implemented through working closely with the Tunisian Government, civil society and other international representatives in Tunisia to ensure their effective coordination and delivery.
Training and equipping Tunisian security personnel to help protect civilians from terrorism.
Working with the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Defence to enhance border security.
Working with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to strengthen Tunisian capabilities to combat migrant smuggling in the region.
Helping to strengthen airport security.
Assisting the Tunisian Government to develop their own capacity to counter violent extremism.
Supporting community policing and counter radicalisation initiatives.
Developing Tunisia's security and justice sector strategic capabilities through building strengthened and accountable institutions.
Promoting entrepreneurship with young Tunisians in the poorest regions through supporting to third edition of the African Development Bank's Souk Attanmia programme.
Supporting reform to the financial sector in collaboration with the World Bank.
Providing technical assistance to the Presidency of the Government and the Ministry of Public Administration to help develop new systems to manage policy decision making and reducing public sector corruption.
Strengthening the Government of Tunisia's ability to conduct strategic communications focusing on crises communication and promoting reforms.
Supporting Tunisian initiatives through the United Nations Development Programme to engage youth in the local elections planned for 2017.
Strengthening access to justice to support the implementation of democratic and human rights.
Increasing the ability of Tunisian Public television to develop programmes and media content that engage young Tunisians. "Ija Inbox" is the first Tunisian TV programme designed for and by Tunisian youth offering an interactive platform where they can express their opinions, develop skills and understand key issues that affect their lives.
Implementing the Tunisian constitution through new legislation to strengthen the rule of law.
Defending the rights of minority groups by promoting the provision of support services.
Funding regional projects on tackling gender-based violence and discrimination.
Supporting regional initiatives to promote freedom of expression and promoting stable pluralistic societies; defending freedom of religion or belief; and torture prevention.
The United Kingdom has been running development programmes in Tunisia since the 2011 Revolution. To date, the UK's bilateral assistance has been worth around £24 million, equivalent to TND 71 million.


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NCAR's Roelof Bruintjes (left) with Abdulla Al Mangoosh, director of UAE's Department of Water Resources Studies.
Roelof Bruintjes dismisses the old saw that everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it.
The Boulder scientist has made it rain in Australia, Turkey, the Middle East, Africa and Wyoming.
Even the Chinese asked Bruintjes — one of the world's leading experts on weather modification — whether he could advise them on how to make it not rain for the Beijing Olympics.
Supertanker used for weather modification
Bruintjes (pronounced broon-chess), who was in China about a month ago, had to tell the Games' organizers there are no guarantees for a dry 100-meter dash.
"We cannot make clouds or chase clouds away," said Bruintjes, who leads the National Center for Atmospheric Research's weather-modification group.
Sill, Bruintjes and other scientists speaking Tuesday at an international conference on weather modification in Westminster said there are possibilities for managing and modifying weather — from making rain to reducing the severity of hurricanes.
What is needed, they said, is renewed federal backing of the research.
"In terms of the stakes, I think we owe it to the taxpayers to give it our best shot," said Joseph Golden, a senior research scientist at the University of Colorado's Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences.
Scientists are monitoring more than 150 weather-modification projects in 40 countries, including at least 60 in the Western United States. The projects include wringing additional snow out of clouds for California hydropower and easing droughts in sub-Saharan Africa.
Most of the current research on this inexact science is being conducted abroad, since funding for a majority of U.S. efforts dried up in the 1980s.
China has 30,000 scientists devoted to weather modification, although their efforts to ensure sunny skies for August have not been proved, Bruintjes said.
The Chinese plan is to pre-empt usual summer showers by cloud seeding before the opening ceremonies or reduce the size of water droplets in clouds to delay storms.
"There is no evaluation. There is no scientific literature available that can substantiate their claims," said Bruintjes, who has no immediate plans to return to China. "Personally, I'm very skeptical about what they're claiming to do."
The ability to alter the weather has been an age-old quest, and determining the precise effects of efforts such as cloud seeding can be elusive.
Altering the contrails
Still, scientists say they have high confidence and some documented successes.
Modern technology more than ever before is allowing them to peer into the formation of clouds at the molecular level and ever so slightly influence the weather.
Arlen Huggins, a scientist with the Desert Research Institute, says that cloud-seeding experiments have shown as much as a 20 percent increase in precipitation in some situations.
Water utilities increasingly are willing to risk a modest investment for the prospect of additional economical water, Huggins said.
But the effects are clouded by the overwhelming presence of pollutants such as soot, which can mimic the nuclei of ice crystals and water droplets that form clouds.
Such "inadvertent weather modification" is a ripe area for research, Huggins said.
"We don't understand all these processes yet and how pollution might affect clouds," he said.
Dampening the severity of hurricanes also has become a high-profile issue in the wake of the damage caused by Katrina, even drawing the attention of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
One proposal calls for sending a ship into the eye of a hurricane, where giant fans on deck would be used to weaken the inner cloud wall — if the ship didn't sink first.
"There's no shortage of good ideas out there," Golden said. "There are some wacky ones, too."
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